Wednesday, July 8, 2009

LeahJean is Finally Ours!!!

Tuesday at 9:30 AM, we left the hotel and went to the registry office to finalize the adoption. We received the adoption certificiate. We left the registry office and went to the notary office to get everything notarised. Thursday we will receive our notary documents and Friday we will receive LeahJeans passport. We will leave Zhengzhou at 2:00 PM Friday and head to Guangzhou. We have to stay in Guangzhou for one week. I am already ready to come home and we have 10 more days left. We are all doing good. LeahJean is great. She has bonded so well to both of us. She doesn't want either one of us to get out of her site. I do have to say that it is hot and humid, but I don't think it is quite as bad as it was over here in 2005. We have been doing alot of walking. LeahJean does really good when we are out. She is good all the time. We ventured out to Wal-Mart with one of the other families Monday afternoon. We took a taxi to the Wal-Mart then walked back. Tuesday afternoon the whole group took the bus to the Lotus Center, which is like the Wal-Mart. It was very interesting. Please continue to keep us in your thoughts and prayers. Melissa

It's A Girl

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About Our Family

My husband, Keith, and I are in the process of adopting a little girl from China. This will make our third adoption from China and our 5th child. Heather is 20 and going to college to get a nursing degree. Sandy is 18. She will be going to college in the fall to major in Sports Medicine. Tanner is 4 1/2, adopted from Chaohu City, Anhui Province at the age of 10 months, healthy. Parker is 3 1/2, adopted from Nanjing City, Jingsu Province at the age of 2, cleft lip/palate third degree, hearing impaired, speech impaired, strambismus (cross eyes), and 12 months physically and developementally delayed. LeahJean, the little girl we are in the process of adopting is 3 1/4. She is deaf. We are so blessed. Keith and I are both employed with the USPS. I am a Postmaster and Keith is a Rural Mail Carrier. We are members of Bishop Baptist church, where Keith is a deacon. We have very strong beliefs in our Lord and Savior. We are very active and committed to our church and our Lord and Savior. We have been and will continue to raise our children in the church. We have put our faith in God in all we do and he continues to amaze me everyday with all he does for me and my family.